Pandemic concerns drive changes at upscale Cherry Hill apartment complex

CHERRY HILL – A developer has revised its four-year-old plan for an upscale apartment complex here, saying the pandemic has changed the way tenants want to live.First Montgomery Group, citing an ongoing preference for open spaces, sought township approval recently to expand a planned clubhouse its 370-unit project, Enclave at Woodcrest Station.The developer also will add more outdoor amenities — like gas grills, fireplaces, outdoor seating and games — at the Woodcrest Road complex.And because more people are taking up a relatively new sport, a dog park will shrink to make way for two pickleball courts.The Woodcrest complex is rising as part of a redevelopment project at a former industrial site near the PATCO Hi-Speedline’s Woodcrest station. The first residents are expected to arrive this summer, according to FMG’s website.More:What’s next for former Cherry Hill swim club reduced to rubble?When the project won initial approval in 2018, “the trend in the multifamily industry was for smaller clubhouses,” said an FMG executive.“However, beginning with the pandemic, we have experienced a great demand for larger indoor spaces as well as more outdoor living areas,” John Cranmer, the firm’s director of development, noted in an application before Cherry Hill’s planning board.FMG now plans
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